Combined spotlight and windshield



Sept. s, 1925.

F. E. MAYNARD COMBINED SPOTLIGHT AND WINDSHIELD 2 Shoots-Shoot 1 Filed June 1923 mmnamaw Sept- 8, .1925. 1,552,752

- F. E. MAYNARD COMBINED SPOTLIGHT AND WINDSHIELD Y filed June 2, 1923 2 Shuts-Shoot 2 III, ""01"", "III Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

PATENT, OFFICE.

FREDERICK E. MAYNARD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' COMBINED SPOTLIGHT AND WINDSHIELD.

Application filed June 2,

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. MAY- NARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in'the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have 1nvented new and useful Improvements in. a Combined Spotlight and \Vindshield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile accessories, and especially to spot light and slde wind wing supports.

It isthe broad object of my present invention to provide a bracket structure fori supporting a spot light in front of a glass windshield element wholly without any support for the spot light being provided by the glass of thewindshield. In other words, an object of the invention is to provide a combined spot light and windshield supporting means which supports the spot light independently of the glass of the windshield.

Another object is to provide a bracket for holding a spot light in front of a windshield in such manner that the spot light may be turned to various positions by manipulation of a handle behind the windshield without any strain being imposed on the windshield glass;

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the following description of an embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan, parts being in section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of'a swivel join I Fig. 4 .is a longitudinal section of the bracket, the. spot light and the handle being ali ed.

i de wind wings 2 are now a nearly universally used accessory on open automobiles, and spot lights 3 are as extensively used on open and closed cars.

I am fully aware that spot lights have been mounted in front of and wholly supported in glass (front) wind shields, and have handles behind the shields to swing the spot light. This may be convenient for closed cars, not requiring wind (side) wings.

This invention includes a bracket struc- 'ture having thedual function of supporting a side wing and supporting also a spot light. The broad object of my inventionis to 1923. Serial No. 643,052.

meet and fill the requirement for a single bracket supporting a wind wing 2 and supporting a spot light in front of the wing,

and providing for operation of the spot light by a handle behind the wing 2.

The .embodiment shown includes a bracket '4 having clamping seats 56 clinching on the usual wind shield post P-. Between the posts is the usual front A screw 7 closes the clamps. The bracket has a pivot pin 8, and

turnably clamped on this, by a bolt or screw 9, is a fixture having a tubular body 10, a hub portion 11 of which is turned down and threaded. The body -10 has an extended abutment or. flange 12 of suitable area and form to provvide a firm rest for the wind wing -2', which is perforated to receive the threaded hub 11.

On each-side of the glass wing 2- is placed a cushioning washer .l3, compressed upon the glass by a flat ring nut 14 screwed up on the hub 11. A look nut 15 jambs nut 14-.

The spot light 3- has a connection -16- pivoted in a clamp head 17- by screw 18. The head 17 is provided on one end of a round tube 19, turnably fitting 'in the body .10-; the axis of the screw 18 being at right angles to the tube 19.. This tube has on its rear end a head l7", having a pivot screw 18', and to which is attached a handle 20. The screws 1818 are parallel on axes perpendicular to and intersecting the axis of the body 10.

The handle 20 forms means, at the rear of the wing -2-,-by which the spot light can be swung universally on the body 10 and in front of the wing.

Many forms of operating connections between the handle and the spot light may be employed. This is a detail only of embodiment. As shown, a belt -21' passes through the tube 19, and is attached to the connector part 16 of the spot 'light. The belt also attaches to the handle '20. Thebelt as shown is attached to hubs -22 forming rigid members of the swinging parts 1620. I I

Right and left hand threads --2? on the. tube -19 provide for tensioning of the belt. a

. taching Frictional control of vthe tube 19 to prevent play is provided by a chuck collar 24- engaging the rear end of the hub 11; this being split at 11- and also tapered at 11". The chuck collar 24 is conically bored and thus jambs the split hub end 11 on the rotatable tube -19 with a holding pressure, but allows the tube to be rotated by the handle 20. The

chuck collar is shown as telescoping over the near swivel head 17 to form a neat structure.

Any suitable electric circuit 25 ma be connected up to the spot light bulb.

Obviously, this specification does not set forth all of the uses to which-the invention may be applied, nor does it show all the various forms, modifications and adaptations which may be resorted to in embodying the invention in actual construction or use, as conditions may require, and the right is especially reserved to vary, modify and adapt the invention andthe details thereof within the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A bracket for spot lights and side wind wings, including means to clamp on a primary support, a tubular element attached to said clamp means andadapted to receive and extend through the wind wing, a tube journaled in said element, and a spot light pivoted on the front end of the tube.

2. In combination, a bracket including a tubular part, a side wind wing through which the said part extends, means for fastening the wing on said part, means for atthe said part to a primary support, and a spot lightdevice comprising a lamp and a controlling handle su said part so that the lamp of t p e device is positloned In front of the side wind wing and its controlling handle is disposed in the rear windshield, a handle of the side wind wing. 1

3. In combination, a spot light lamp, a tubeon one end and the axis of which the spot light is pivotally mounted,'a bracket having a tubular part to be mounted in a perforation in a vehicle Windshield, said tube rotat-ively bearing in said part, means for clamping the bracket part. upon the pivoted on the. other end and axis of the tube so as to swing from one s1de to the other thereof, and means In said tube (:fieratively connecting the lamp and said han e. i

4. In combination, a. spot light, a bracket ported in the attachable to a primary support, a tube pass- 'ing through the bracket and on which the spot light is pivoted, a wind wing mounted on said bracket and in the rear of the spot light, and handle means in the rear of the wind wing for oscillating the spot light, the spot light being supported wholly independently of the WlIld wing.

5. A bracket means attachable to a primary support, a wind wing supported by said bracket, a spot light supported by the bracket and being disposed in front of the wind wing, a tube journaled in the bracket and having a pivoted operating handle, and inefins connecting the handle and the spot 1g t. v

6. A bracket, a Wind wing on said bracket, a spot light pivoted adjacent the front end of the bracket, the bracket forming the single support for the spot light and the wind wing and a handle pivoted behind the v automobile accessory a perforated wind wing bracket, a tube passing through the wing and the bracket, a spot light supported on the tube in front of the bracket and in front of the wind wing, and having a handle in the rear of the wind wing, and means in the tube connected to and by which the spot light is manipulated.

9. A spot li ht device including a body having a tubular part to be clamped in a windshield, a tube journaled in said part, pivots mounted arallel on a common plane and diametrical y on each end of the tube, a spot light lam attached to one pivot so as to be set coaxial with the tube, av handle attached to the other pivot, and means, in the tube, connecting said lamp and the handle whereby the lamp may be swept aroundthe front end of the tube and the tube rotated.

attachable to apart of y wind wing and being connected through the g 10. A spot light bracket structure includstructure body and a handle at the rear end.

of the body, a carryin mounted in the said bo tially without end play, posed diametrically on the ends of said dedevice rotatively y portion substanparallel pivots disvice and on which pivots said lamp and handle are directly mounted so that each can swing around the end of said device in any plane along the axis of the supporting 6 'body portion, and means extending throug said portion and operatively connecting said lamp. and said handle; the latter forming means with the carrying device whereby the lamfi can be swegzgn a circle around the axis of t e bearing, y rtion, and by which 10 handle the lamp can swung in an arc of 180* degrees around the end of the rotative carrying device and its bearing portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this %?ecification.

FR DERICK E. MAYNARD. 

